Photos: South Africa's 'Born-Frees'

CaptionSouth Africa's 'Born-Frees'

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Second-year civil engineering student and first-time voter Nkululeko Simelane poses for a picture at Wits University in Johannesburg. Nkululeko said, "For me voting for the first time... I don't want to lie I don't have the energy. The only thing that is pushing me to vote is that it is for the first time I don't want to miss it."

Second-year civil engineering student and first-time voter Nkululeko Simelane poses for a picture at Wits University in Johannesburg. Nkululeko said, "For me voting for the first time... I don't want to lie I don't have the energy. The only thing that is pushing me to vote is that it is for the first time I don't want to miss it." (Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters)

First-time voter Sanele Chileze looks though the window of his home in Embo township outside Durban. "We have to secure the legacy of Mandela," Sanele said. "That's why it is very important for us to vote, for this nation to be straight and everyone can be free. If I don't vote I can't say anything, if I vote I can say something."

First-time voter Sanele Chileze looks though the window of his home in Embo township outside Durban. "We have to secure the legacy of Mandela," Sanele said. "That's why it is very important for us to vote, for this nation to be straight and everyone can be free. If I don't vote I can't say anything, if I vote I can say something." (Rogan Ward / Reuters)

Around 20 million South Africans - about 40 percent of the population - are so-called "Born Frees," the term bestowed on the first generation to grow up with no memory of apartheid. April 27 marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa's first multi-racial elections, formally ending over 300 years of white domination and 46 years of formal oppression of the black majority under Apartheid. Full story here.